--- a/src/core/database.cpp
+++ b/src/core/database.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,17 @@
   StaticInit();
 
   {
-    QSqlQuery set_fts_tokenizer(db);
+#ifdef SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER
+    QVariant v = db.driver()->handle();
+    if (v.isValid() && qstrcmp(v.typeName(), "sqlite3*") == 0) {
+      sqlite3* handle = *static_cast<sqlite3**>(v.data());
+      if (handle) {                                                                                                                                         
+        sqlite3_db_config(handle, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER, 1, NULL);                                                                          
+      }                                                                                                                                                     
+    }                                                                                                                                                       
+#endif                                                                                                                                                      
+                                                                                                                                                            
+     QSqlQuery set_fts_tokenizer("SELECT fts3_tokenizer(:name, :pointer)", db);
     set_fts_tokenizer.prepare("SELECT fts3_tokenizer(:name, :pointer)");
     set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":name", "unicode");
     set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(
